EditorialCharlie Brown checks the status of his flight during a two-hour layover in Charlotte, N.C., on May 5, 2022. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times)
EditorialKate Mannle, whose recent overseas trip included a layover in South Korea — a country experiencing a coronavirus outbreak — in self-quarantine at home in Seattle, March 6, 2020. (Andrew Burton/The New York Times)